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The following descriptions are based upon inscriptions and subject matter relevant to each photograph:
1 Refugee children south of France
2 Una Wilson, Mary Lowson, May McFarlane at a rest home, 40 miles from Madrid
3 Euzkadi Week May 31st to 6 June - with additional inscription 'week devoted to raising funds for Basques'
4 Andre Marty, French Villa at Benicasim
5 From the front - Spanish civil war (group of armed men standing and kneeling for photograph)
6 Photo postcard - group of people standing in front of Hotel Colon, Barcelona (10 Dec 1936): Mary Lowson, Aileen Palmer, May MacFarlane, John Fisher, Jack 'Blue' Barry, Agnes Hodgson, Una Wilson
7 Photo postcard - individual portrait, inscription on verso: 'Salud Jack Franklyn International Brigade '(17 Mar 1936)
8 Photo postcard - group of people standing in front of Hotel Colon, Barcelona (6 Dec 1936)
9 Barcelona Cathedral - view of damage to roof from inside
10 The Fish Market - with men clearing debris
11 Destroyed apartment buildings
12 Close up of a destroyed building, annotated as being a school
13 Australian nurses leave for Spain: Sisters Una Wilson, Mary Lowson, May McFarlane, Agnes Hodgson; Relief committee members Helen Baillie, Joyce Metcalf, Nettie Palmer, Len Fox, Bill Thomas, Bluey Howells.
14 'The new machine,' internal view of a factory
15 Collage of photographs and newsclippings on Spanish Civil War
16 Invitation to event "In honour of Mr and Mrs Arthur Howells who will speak on 'Experiences of child-refugee work in Spain'"

Records relating to Australian participation in the Spanish Civil War. Includes correspondence, photographs, postcards, pamphlets and printed material.

1. Spain in Revolution / by E Varga, Sydney, 1936 ('AF Howells' inscribed on p 1)
2. Left Review / London, Vol. 2 no. 13, pp 666-728, Oct 1936
3. Left Review / London, pp 318-380, nd (cover missing)
4. A call for help! / Issued by Joint Spanish Aid Council, Melbourne, c. 1937
5. Art treasures of Spain / Press Department of the Spanish Embassy in London, 1937
6. Save peace! Aid Spain / Communist Party of Great Britain, London, 1937
7. The war for raw materials in Spain / by Frank C Hanighen, Victorian Labor College, Carlton, c. 1937
8. Famine faces a million in Spain / National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief, London, 1937
9. The thirteen points for which Spain if fighting / declaration of Dr Negrin, the prime minister, Barcelona, 1938
10. Spain at war / United Editorial Ltd, London, no. 2 1938
11. Spain at war / United Editorial Ltd, London, no. 5 1938
12. Spain at war / United Editorial Ltd, London, no. 6 1938
13. Speech by Dr Negrin, Barcelona, 14 Oct 1938
14. Speech delivered by His Excellency Don Manuel Azana President of the Spanish Republic in the Barcelona City Hall, 18 Jul 1938
15. The truth about Spain / by HRG Greaves and David Thomson, London, 1938
16. Union of all Spaniards / by Dolores Ibarruri, Communist Party of Spain, Madrid-Barcelona, 1938
17. Spain's struggle against anarchism and communism / by Rev. Genadius Diez, Paulist Press NY, c. 1938
18. Shop talk on Spain : the trade unions and the war in Spain / by Don Joseph, Medical Bureau and North America Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy NY, c. 1938
19. Fascism destroys Spain's Art Treasures : The Prado Museum (Madrid) / Information Service of the Spanish State Tourist Department, nd
20. Spain : some popular misconceptions / by Anne R Caton, nd

Also included are postcards, leaflets, and booklets in Spanish and French.

1. Femmes dans l'action mondiale (Paris) language: French, no. 26, 6-20 Sept 1936
2. Spain illustrated : a year's defence of democracy (Lawrence & Wishart, London) c. 1937
3. Spain? : a picturebook of horror tales and fascist calumnies (Barcelona) languages: Spanish, French, English, Swedish, 1937
4. Galicia mártir por Castelao / by Castelao, pictorial works (Ediciones Españolas, Madrid) 1937
5. Spain : Photo-history magazine (Concord, New Hampshire) vol. 1 no. 1, April 1937
6. All free men of the world for republican Spain / International Committee of Coordination and Information to Aid Republican Spain, on the occasion of the World Conference for Peach Action, Paris 23-24 July 1938
7. Regards (Paris) language: French, no. 250, October 1938
8. Concurso de Caricaturas : Antifascistas / Casal de la Cultura, pictorial works on 6 plates (Barcelona) October 1938
9. Information Service No. 4 / Joint Spanish Aid Council (SA), 3 Nov 1938
10. New Masses (Weekly Masses Co., NY) 6 Dec 1938 (includes newspaper cutting of photo from The Scotsman 1936, caption reads 'a modern Sancho Panza in one of the insurgent column now advancing on San Sebastian,' loosely inserted p. 24)
11. International Press Correspondence (HRG Jefferson, London) vol. 18 no. 24, 17 May 1938
12. World News and Views (formerly International Press Correspondence) vol. 18 no. 33, 2 July 1938
13. World News and Views (formerly IPC) vol. 18 no. 34, 9 July 1938
14. World News and Views (formerly IPC) vol. 18 no. 35, 16 July 1938
15. World News and Views (formerly IPC) vol. 18 no. 36, 23 July 1938
16. World News and Views (formerly IPC) vol. 18 no. 37, 30 July 1938
17. News of Spain (The Spanish Information Bureau, NY) 6 July 1938
18. News of Spain (The Spanish Information Bureau, NY) 28 Sept 1938
19. News of Spain (The Spanish Information Bureau, NY) 26 Oct 1938
20. News of Spain (The Spanish Information Bureau, NY) 2 Nov 1938
21. News of Spain (The Spanish Information Bureau, NY) 16 Nov 1938
22. Prospect : a quarterly review (Universities Catholic Pub. Co-op. Ltd, Carlton, Vic.) vol. 3 no. 3, 1960

Publisher details: Institut d'Accio Social Universitaria i Escolar de Catalunya [Barcelona]
First page has text "Let all be for the child today and the child will be for all tomorrow" with numerous signatures that appear to be written by young persons.

5 selections of broadsheet extracts: 'Frente rojo' (1938, Oct 20, pp 1-8); 'Treball' (1938, Oct 20, pp 1-8); 'News Chronicle Spanish Supplement' (1938, Jul 18, pp 1-4) and (1938, Sep 9, pp 13-14); top portion of 'The Observer' (1959, Mar 22, pp 7-8)

Serial: Nos 1-23 January to June, 1938 (includes index)
Edited by Charles Duff

Majority of cuttings from 1936-1938, 1 clipping from 1979. Cuttings housed in their original folder, with 'Spain' inscribed on front.

Serial: nos 24-26 July, nos 28-38 July to October, nos 40-42 October to November, 1938.
Edited by Charles Duff.

Letters include correspondence between Margaret Howells and Amirah Inglis, author of 'Australians in the Spanish Civil War.'